ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,824, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Road surface drawing control device" was invented by Nobukazu Ueki (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A road surface drawing control device for a vehicle that comprises a target information acquisition device that acquires information on targets around the vehicle; a communication device that communicates with a keyless entry terminal device operated by a user of the vehicle; a road surface drawing device that draws a road surface around the vehicle; a road surface drawing ECU that controls the operation of the road surface drawing device, and wh...